Exoplanets | The Daily Space

Earth’s Climate Proves More Resilient Than Thought

Mar 23, 2022 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mercury, Moon, Observatories, Space Policy, SpaceX, Spitzer

Computer models of the effects of an eruption event similar to the Columbia River Flood Basalt show that, despite massive injections of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, Earth’s climate rebounded much more quickly than expected. Plus, ORCs, lunar swirls, exoplanets, and diamonds.

Several Kepler Planets Turn Out to be Small Stars

Mar 17, 2022 | Astrobiology, Climate Change, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Kepler, Mars, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft, Stars

Using updated stellar measurements based on new data from the Gaia mission, three (and possibly four) Kepler exoplanets are actually small stars, but it’s unlikely new calculations will reveal many more such issues. Plus, Ingenuity, astronauts, permafrost, and This Week in Rocket History, we look back at STS-3 and the first use of the Canadarm.

Pretty Pictures, Strange Exoplanets, and a New GOES Satellite

Mar 3, 2022 | Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Kepler, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Observatories, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft

To bring some joy into a fraught world, we have rounded up a few of the latest image releases of star mergers and galaxies to brighten your day. Plus, we’ll look at a few strange exoplanetary systems and their amazing science, talk about the latest GOES satellite to launch, and this week in rocket history is all about Envisat.

Lasers, Life, and Looking at Cosmonaut Brains

Feb 21, 2022 | Astrobiology, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Exoplanets, Mars, ROSCOSMOS, Spacecraft, The Sun

Do you want lasers? I want lasers! And today’s show features lots of lasers. We also have more questions than answers about Mars’ methane, misbehaving stars, and new research on how we would look for the early signs of life on other worlds. Plus, a study on how spaceflight impacts the human brain.

Science is the Same, Everywhere, Everywhen

Feb 18, 2022 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Sky Watching, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

Today, we bring you stories proving that we do understand some things, like black holes, and that we have forgotten other things, like that the Earth’s crust can sag under the weight of ice. It’s all a lot more complicated than we like to think. But it sure is pretty, and when the science makes your head hurt, our What’s Up segment will fill your eyes with some beauty.

Space Junk Hitting the Moon is not From SpaceX

Feb 16, 2022 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, ISRO, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Spacecraft, SpaceX

Observers tracking a piece of space debris that is expected to impact the far side of the Moon early in March have now corrected the origin of the object, which isn’t from SpaceX but is from a Chinese Long March 3B involved in the Chang’e 5TI mission. Plus, asteroid 16 Pysche, craters in Wyoming, more launches, and an interview with Katharine Hesse from the TESS mission.